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Fire With Fire

"Gaaaaah!" Mercury cried.

"This thing… where did it come from?!" Emerald wondered, holding on to her arm. The two of them were knocked down by an angry shiny Charizard. It was breathing fire everywhere and roared angrily.

"Pfft, you call that fire?" Cinder smirked as she approached the rampaging Charizard. "I have fire that's hotter than that." She said and then walked over towards the Charizard. "Hey, rampaging lizard. I'm the only one that's hot around here."

The Charizard turned to Cinder, shooting a small fireball to the ground with a snarl. "I have to say… you look rather feisty. Why don't you come hang out with the winners? We could get you a nice warm home and then we can purge the weaklings that-"

She was immediately covered in Charizard's Flamethrower. "GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" She screamed. Once the fire dissipated, she was covered in soot and coughed some of it out. "Okay… we got off on the wrong foot. How about we start over and-" Another Flamethrower. "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"

Once the fire dissipated a second time, she was completely black. "Cinder… maybe we should leave." Emerald said.

"N-Nonsense… I'm pretty sure that-" She got hit with another Flamethrower. "AAAAAAAAAAAGH!" She screamed and once that dissipated, she blinked a few times before comically crumbling into dust.

"I'll get the dust pan." Emerald said.

"I got the broom!" Mercury said and then the two took off running. The Charizard let out a huff and flew off, while Watts came walking by and saw Cinder in ashes.

"Heh, I have to say that's a good look for you." He said, pulling out a vacuum and sucking her up.

"Mmmph! Mmmph!"

Watts walked over to a trash can with a whistle, then dumped the entire vacuum into the trash and then walked off, continuing to whistle while doing so.

Konami Code

Ruby walked by a TV with a hum, then she turned her head once she heard Richter groaning in frustration. "Hmm?" She turned around and leaned over the couch. "Hey Richter, what ya playin'?"

"Contra… it's really difficult…" Richter said. "Agh! There goes my last life…"

"Ouch… bummer."

"Alright, time to break out the code here." He said. "Up up down down left right left right B A… there we go! Thirty lives!"

"Huh?!" Ruby said in shock. "What was…"

"That, my dear huntress, is known as the Konami Code. You can do all sorts of stuff with this code. Like, for example, get thirty lives in this game."

"All sorts of stuff, eh?" Ruby mused. She rubbed her hands together. "Oh, that gives me ideas~!" She said and then took off running.

ROB

Ruby snuck behind ROB who was charging up his thrusters. She then opened up a small panel behind him. "Let's see… ah, here we are!" She grinned. Now what was the button combination again… oh right! She thought. "Up up down down left right left right B A…"

ROB's eyes completely went green as he turned around and started breakdancing. "Cool! He break dances!"

Mega Man

Ruby opened up Mega Man's panel who was busy firing his cannon at targets. "Up up down down…"

"Spike immunity: Online"

"Wait, I had this feature this whole time? Huh?!" Mega Man said in surprise.

I wonder what'll happen if I did it again… She wondered as she did the button combination again… and saw Mega Man transforming into X. "Whoa!"

"…Huh, neat!"

"What the?!" A voice said as they turned to see X standing behind them in shock. "Why am I seeing double?!"

"Ooops…" Ruby sweatdropped before running off.

Samus

"Up Up down down…"

"Unlimited Power Bombs unlocked!"

"Cooool!" Ruby said and then took off right as Samus walked into her room and put her suit on.

"Unlimited Power Bombs?! …I didn't know I had this feature. Awesome!"

Omega…

"Ah, Omega. There you are." Shadow walked over.

"Come on, Team Dark is going on recon." Rouge said. "…Omega?"

Omega turned around. "Yee-haw! Let's get er' done, pardners!"

"Huh?!" Both of them said in surprise.

"Let's get them varmints before high noon!" Omega said and walked off, as Shadow and Rouge looked at him in disbelief, unaware of Ruby snickering.

Badniks

Eggman walked by with a hum with a cup of coffee. He then took a sip while walking outside… and seeing all the animals jumping around with the deactivated Badniks. He then did a spit take. "HUH?! How did that happen?! What happened to the badniks?!" He wondered, unaware of Ruby giggling nearby.

SAPR

Ruby snuck up behind SAPR. You're no longer Eggman's property, so I can easily do this! She thought and entered in the code.

"Ack!" SAPR yelped.

"Hmm?"

"Sonic Mode: Activated."

Suddenly, SAPR gained hedgehog quills in her hair as she immediately turned into a ball and spin dashed across the area. "Whoa!" Ruby said.

"Hi Ruby! Why is my sister rolling around at the speed of sound?" Penny asked.

"Oh, hi Penny. I found out this neat little code called the Konami Code. Apparently it works on pretty much anything!"

Penny gasped. "Really? Try it on me!"

"Okay!" Ruby nodded and then did so, but then her eyes started glowing red. "Huh?"

"Activating Instant Kill Mode."

"INSTANT WHAT NOW?! AAAAH! NO NO NO NO NO! TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF!" Ruby yelled, frantically pressing buttons.

"Instant kill mode deactivated."

"Phew…"

"Hugging mode until you collapse from lack of oxygen activated."

"HUH?!"

Penny's eyes went back to normal, then turned around to face Ruby and had the biggest grin on her face.

"HUG!" She said, glomping her and happily squeezed her.

"Gah! My ribs… you're… crushing my ribs…!"

Nora & Yang's Pipe Calamity

Yang and Nora walked along together until Nora spotted a Warp Pipe nearby. "Oooh! A Warp Pipe!" Nora grinned and turned to Yang. "Race you in there!"

"Oh, you're on!" Yang smirked as they both race toward the Warp Pipe as they both jumped in at the same time… and got stuck inside the pipe. "Gah!"

"What?! This isn't supposed to happen!" Nora exclaimed. "Nnngh!"

"…Soooo uh… now what?"

"HEEEEEEEEELP!" Nora yelled as Mario walked by and heard the commotion, then he peeked over the Warp Pipe.

"Mama mia! What are you girls doing down there?"

"Painting the inside of a Warp Pipe. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?!" Nora yelled.

Mario pulled out a plunger. "Don't worry, I got this!" He said as he got on top of it and attempted to plunge them out, but after a minute of thrusting, they weren't getting out. "Oooh… looks like you girls are really stuck there. I'll go get some help!" He said and then took off running.

"We're gonna be here a while…" Yang sighed.

"Don't worry, I got ya!" Min Min said, lowering her ARMs toward the girls and tried to pull them up. "Nnngh! Hrrrrgh! Mmmph! Ai yah… you guys are really… stuck…!" She said and then was launched back after her ARMs slipped. "Whoa!" She yelped as she fell on her back. "I'm okay!"

"I got this." Rosalina said, closing her eyes and attempting to lift the girls out of the pipe, but instead, the Warp Pipe extended several feet in the air. "Hmm? Oh!" She said in surprise.

"I think you just made it longer…" Mario said, causing Rosalina to sweatdrop.

Mario snapped his fingers and pulled out a Mega Mushroom, tossing it into the Warp Pipe. "This should make it bigger for them to fall through the pipe." He said, but instead, Nora and Yang got bigger as their big heads popped out of the pipe. "Ack! Or not!"

"That didn't help…" Yang mumbled.

Link pulled out a fishing pole and threw it down the pipe. "Ah, got a bite!" He said as he started to reel them up.

"OW!"

"Did I just hear an "ow"?" Mario wondered as Link reeled up… some of Yang's hair. "Uh oh…"

Link paled. "Oh boy…" He said as they quickly ran off.

Kirby hopped on the Warp Pipe and started sucking them in, but it was to no avail. "Poyo… poyo!" He grinned, pulling out a Miracle Fruit and ate it up, proceeding to go into Hypernova Kirby and started sucking them out… and unfortunately, the Warp Pipe went in with them. "Poyo…?" He wondered, causing Mario to facepalm.

Pyrrha aimed her hand at the Warp Pipe and tried to use her polarity to get them out, but unfortunately, the head of the Warp Pipe turned sideways and accidentally sealed itself up. "Oh!" Pyrrha yelped. "I'm sorry!"

Mario pulled out a Mini Mushroom. "This should do the trick." He said, thinking the girls would shrink down and get freed. He tossed the Mini Mushroom inside… and the Warp Pipe shrunk.

"Aaaah! We're so tiny!" Yang yelped.

"And I think the Warp Pipe shrunk too!" Nora exclaimed.

"Ooooh, mama mia…" Mario facepalmed.

Weiss looked into the Warp Pipe. "How did you girls get stuck anyway? You shouldn't be having any problems!"

Earlier…

"Food eating contest!" Nora exclaimed.

"You're on!" Yang smirked.

In the present…

"Uh…" Yang sweatdropped. "We have no idea why!"

"Yeah, we're clueless!" Nora said.

Weiss facepalmed. "Oi… we're gonna be here a while…"

Inside a Blue Shell

Jaune wandered around Mushroom Hills, humming to himself when he came across a ? Block. "Oh? I wonder what's in this one." He wondered as he hit it and out came a blue shell. "Aaah!" He yelped as it dropped harmlessly to the ground. "…Wait, this one doesn't have any spikes on it." He said as he took a closer look. "Not a Buzzy Beetle shell either…"

He picked it up. "Hmm… weird." He said and then he absorbed it where he had a blue shell on his back. "Whoa! This is cool…" He said as he had an idea and took a running start where he retreated into the shell and started spinning, taking out a few Goombas and Grimm in the process. "WAHOOOOO! …Oh gosh, I'm getting sick…!"

The blue shell came to a stop. "Phew… okay… just need to rest for a while and then I'll go back to-" A Beowolf marched up to Jaune and gave him a good kick toward a bottomless pit. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

The Beowolf nodded, dusting his hands off and walked off with a satisfied grin on his face. A bright light appeared next to the bottomless pit as Jaune appeared next to it. "Phew… glad I had that 1-Up with me." He said.

"Hey man." A voice said as he turned to see a beached Koopa holding his shell. "You wanna take this for a spin?" He asked, causing Jaune to groan and gag at the thought, his face turning green before running off. "…No? Oh well, his loss."

Shout out to Drew Luczynski for giving me the Chibi idea over Cinder being burned by fire. Because I think we can all agree we needed that catharsis over everything she did in Volume 8...